Famous Fans: Utah Jazz Edition

Famous Fans: Utah Jazz Edition

Since its basketball season it’s now time for the “Famous Fans Utah Jazz Edition”. The Utah Jazz are not the L.A. Lakers, the New York Knicks or the Chicago Bulls. Jack Nicholsen, Jay Z and Spike Lee do not attend Jazz games regularly. It's pretty slim pickings for celebrities who love the Jazz.

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Sisters Kristyn, Kelsi, and Kassidy Osborn of this country music group are from Magna have sung the national anthem at Jazz games early in their careers.







The Osmond Family

Several members of the Osmond family have also sung the national anthem at Jazz games and have been spotted attending various games over the years.




President Thomas S. Monson

President Monson enjoys attending Jazz games when his busy schedule permits but follows the team on TV and in the news paper when he cannot.

There’s even a picture of him and his wife Francis at a Jazz game back in 2008. She sure looks like she is enjoying herself.

Damon Wayans

Despite appearing as Lewis Scott the Utah Jazz’s All-Star shooting guard in the 1996 movie "Celtic Pride", about a couple of Celtic fans who kidnap Scott in order to help the Celtics win the NBA finals, Damon is not a fan of the Utah Jazz, though he is an NBA fan just not of my team.

It’s still cool that they used the Jazz in the movie. I don’t want to spoil anything for anybody out there but the Jazz win the championship in this movie, unlike in real life. I do wish somebody had kidnapped Michael Jordan back in 1997 and 1998.

Redecorating: The Roof Edition

This last December we had some wicked winds come through much of Davis County, in the process we lost a bunch of shingles off the roof and our swamp cooler blew over.

After a visit with the insurance company they gave us a check to fix the roof and few other things that were damaged by the wind. Now being my father’s son I decided to save some money and do the project myself. I contacted some friends and family to come and provide free and unprofessional labor. We started it in mid December, the weather was cold but we got done what needed to get done before the snow came, the rest would wait until the weather improved.

The highlight of the project was when one of my neighbors stopped in front of our house in his truck rolled down his window and yelled at my brother Greg, who had spent most the day working without a coat in just a short sleeve shirt as pictured above, “You must be one tough son of a bitch to be working up their all day without a coat”, it’s the first time Greg has been called tough and the first time he has been called a “son of bitch” in a positive way.

Sure it took me a couple of months to get it all finished when a professional roofing company could have done it in a few days. But the finished project ain’t too bad.

Our roof went from drab brown to distinguished gray; I think it matches our house a little better. This worked out pretty well for us, the shingles would need to be replaced in few years anyway so instead of my paying for that the insurance company did and we made a little extra cash in the process.

I would like to thank all of you who came out and helped with the project. My brother Greg and his wife Stacey and her brother Adam, my father in law Jerry Evans, my brother in laws Kendall Horrocks and Devin Razee, my cousin Mark Bredthauer and his brother in law, my co-worker at Kaysville Fire and neighbor James Wade, my uncle Carl and his kids Daniel and Sarah along with her husband Andrew, my wife Ariane for cooking for everyone and my Dad Paul who has spent more time than anyone else up on my roof.

Jack At Six Months

Jack is now six months old. In honor of this milestone I thought I’d take a look at some of things that enjoys.

He likes to bounce around in his Jumparoo.

He enjoys a warm relaxing bath with a rubber duck or two to keep him company.

He is able to sit up on his own, at least until he gets to excited and falls either forward, back ward or off to either side.

He likes some of the attention he gets from his big sister, tolerates a little more of that attention and hates the rest of the attention. Lucy though loves her little brother and loves to give him attention, whether he wants it or not.

He likes to play with toys. His favorite is probably Boba Fett, the famous bounty hunter from the Star Wars movies, probably because I insist that we give it to him, but it was a gift from his aunt and cousins.

He also enjoys eating food; sweet potatoes are one of his favorite flavors. I sometimes wonder if he gets more on him than in him.

Sometimes it feels like out little Jack is growing up so fast, but he gets more fun every day. Now if only he would start sleeping through the night.

Long Lost Relative

My friend Jason Lunt found this book and sent me a picture of it. The book is about a Boy Scout, Paul Siple, an Eagle Scout from Erie, Pennsylvania with a deep curiosity of nature and the world around him who is selected for what is now a history-making trip to Antarctica in 1928. The book then follows Paul as he travels to Antarctica with world-renowned explorer Commander Richard E. Byrd.

The picture of Paul Siple seems very familiar. However I can find no family relation to this good looking young man. I do feel like my image was stolen though since this is what Paul Siple looks like.

I think I bear a stronger resemblance to the boy on the cover then Paul Siple does. All though this picture does him more justice.

Here is what he would have looked like at about my current age.

And much later in life.

Is this a preiview of the futer for me? It seems unlikely, I can’t grow a beard like that and I am not going bald.

Still I can’t help but feel that Paul might be some long lost relative or maybe even me in a past life; he did pass away in 1968, so it is possible that I am the reincarnated Paul Sipple. We have a lot in common, he was an Eagle Scout and I am an Eagle Scout. That’s about where all the similarities end.

Lucy Turns Five

Last week Lucy turned five years old. It’s hard to believe that my little girl is getting so big. When she got up that morning we let her open her presents.

Some of her favorites were the Perry the platypus shirt and the new Barbie clothes.

We found a fire fighter outfit, which Ariel is modeling, and a police officer outfit, though that looks like something you would see at a Halloween party rather than by a police officer.

Lucy said she wanted to have a Phineas and Ferb party this year. So we found a bunch of Phineas and Ferb party stuff at the store and we were ready to party.

Aunt Liz was nice enough to make a Perry the platypus cake for the occasion, and it looks great.

You can check out her blog, I Make Cakes, and see what other creations she has made. She may even be willing to make one for you if the price is right.

My sister Alison, who when she found out that Lucy was having a Phineas and Ferb party asked me when Lucy was going to have a girl party? Well she chose the theme not me this year. In the past we’ve had Cars, Sponge Bob and Star Wars and Lucy has loved them. So when she asks for Princess and Fairies then we will throw a more girl themed party, until then I'll keep enjoying these other parties.

This year we told Lucy she could have a party with friends. We had some kids from the neighbor hood over along with a few cousins and some other friends. We played a few Phineas and Ferb themed games. Like musical chairs with the music from the show, pin the tail on the platypus and my favorite game “Where’s Perry”, where we hide Lucy’s stuffed Perry the platypus and the kids try to find him, those of you who have watched the show know why that’s funny.

It was a lot of fun; Lucy had a real good time and was so excited the whole day. Maybe next year we will have a Princess themed party or a Denver Broncos themed party, we haven’t decided yet.

Lucy’s first basketball game

Last night Ariane and I took Lucy to her first basketball game; we went up to Weber State to watch the Wildcats take on the Northern Colorado Bears.

Ariane and I both played in the pep band at Weber State and have been to a lot of basketball games up in Ogden over the years. We had a pretty good time; it went better than I thought it would, since Lucy knows very little about basketball. We yelled, we cheered, we clapped, we ate popcorn and candy and had a great time.

Some of the things that impressed Lucy the most about the game was the wildcat statue outside the Dee Events Center.

Getting a big foam wildcat paw with claws

We wanted to get her a shirt but they did not have any small enough for her so this is what she choose instead.

Meeting Waldow the Wildcat

It was a lot of fun to go to the game, Weber State has a great team this year they are 18-4 on the season and 10-1 in the Big Sky Conference. The Wildcats have beaten in state rivals Utah and Utah State this year and have the nation’s leading scorer in their guard Damian Lillard.

It’s a good time to be Weber State fan!

Go Wildcats!

Television With Lucy

In the latest edition of “Television With Lucy” I present “Danny Phantom”. This show is one of Arianes least favorites, it hasn’t been watched out our house for some time. Part of it was Ariane saw a lot of this show for several weeks in a row and got really tired of it, Lucy gets into a show and then only wants to watch that one show over and over, our Netflix account makes that possible. Also Ariane was at the end of her pregnancy while Lucy was watching this show, she was pretty miserable at the time and I think that gave her a bad impression of this show.

The show is centered on Danny Fenton, whose parents are some kind of ghost busters, though they are not very good at it. One of their machines gives him ghost powers. His parents for most of the show are unaware that he has these powers.

Now he battles an assortment of evil ghosts who are trying to take over the world while navigating all the pitfalls of being a teenager.

His friends Sam and Tucker aid him in his fight against these ghosts and know about his powers.

The theme song tells it better than I can.

Lucy likes the show because it has ghosts in it. She thinks she likes ghosts and scary things but if it gets to scary she gets frightened. This show isn’t too scary and has quite a bit of humor in it. It’s not one I would sit down and watch with her but she sure likes it.

Tebow Mania

Tim Tebow Mania swept the nation this last fall especially Denver Broncos fans like myself. For those of you who don’t follow football or live under a rock, Tebow is the quarterback for the Broncos who has been known for his late game heroic comebacks and being very open about his Christian beliefs.

This praying pose, which Tebow makes several times during a game, has become known as “Tebowing” and became sort of a national phenomena.

It got us at our house all excited for Broncos football this last fall and winter, everyone at our house has a Denver Broncos shirt or two or six.

Some of us even have Broncos pajamas with matching bed sheets!

It was a very exciting year for football with the Broncos winning Tebow had six come-from-behind fourth quarter or overtime victories this last year. Check out the top 10 Tebow plays of 2011.



None may be more exciting then what happened in the playoffs last week against Pittsburgh.



Conan O’Brien tells it even better.



Tebow has been the subject of several late night shows including David Letterman, Jimmy Fallon and Saturday Night Live.

We sure had a case of the “Tebola Virus” at our house.



Hands down favorite part is the very end about the Mormons, it was awesome.



In all seriousness though, Tebow is a very humble and gracious athlete who is charitable and has an incredible work ethic and a great attitude.

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Wouldn’t it be nice if more athletes and celebrities acted this way?

Tebow Mania may have ended with a horrific defeat to the New England Patriots, but it sure was a fun ride while it lasted.